Team profile
Dr Catherine Banks
Rhinology and Anterior Skull Base · Paediatric and Adult General ENT
MBChB, FRACS
Consulting at Macquarie Street and Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick.
Qualifications: MBChB, FRACS (ORL-HNS).
Dual fellowship certified: Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts Eye and Ear Hospital / Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; University of Birmingham, Alabama.
First Australasian surgeon to complete the Harvard/MEEI rhinology fellowship.
UNSW PhD candidate (supervisor A/Prof Shafagh Waters). NHMRC grant holder (research in sinus stem cell therapeutics — see Rule 3 for confidentiality constraints). RACS Court of Examiners for Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, (RACS) ASOHNS. Founder, Base of Skull Service,(BOSS) Sydney Children's Hospital. Finalist for NSW innovation awards 2025. Co-Director of the International Orbital and Skullbase Workshop.
Actively involved in clinical research and surgical education. Numerous peer-reviewed publications and textbook chapters. Presents regularly at national and international conferences.
Private hospital appointments: St Luke's Private; Prince of Wales Private.
Clinical expertise: All adult and paediatric nasal disorders; nasal obstruction and snoring; sinusitis; allergic rhinitis; cystic fibrosis; nasal masses and growths; anterior skull base lesions; pituitary lesions; epistaxis; dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) / nasolacrimal sac obstruction; endoscopic orbital decompression and orbital surgery. General ENT, grommets, tonsillectomies, adenoidectomies.
Works closely with neurosurgical and oculoplastic teams.
Actively involved in academic research, teaching, mentoring, curriculum and examinations.
Training centres: Sydney Children's Hospital; Westmead Children's Hospital; John Hunter Children's Hospital — trained across all three major NSW paediatric centres.
website:drcatherinebanks.com
